NÁCVIK ANGLICKÉ VÝSLOVNOSTI
EXAM - requirements

To pass the course and receive the credits, you are required to:

1.	Transcribe (handwritten) all the words from the Commonly Mispronounced Words list (and bring the printed document to school); the oral pronunciation of these words must be 100% correct (zero mistakes tolerance).




To check the transcription of the words, use RP phonemic alphabet at dictionary entries at https:

 		http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

2.	Read a text during the semester - see “Reading texts - choose one of my texts” section. The oral pronunciation of these texts must be 100% correct (zero mistakes tolerance).


The oral exercises (commonly mispronounced words + reading) will be evaluated during the summer term seminars. The transcription due date is Monday, 17. March 2025.

3.	Active participation during the seminars (presentation in groups on a chosen topic).



bbc English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation


Homework: Commonly Mispronounced English Words
Use https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ for transcription (handwritten) of the words  (see the document Commonly mispronounced words) and bring it to the seminars. 

This course aims at students of English philology and is an introductory course to the English phonetics and phonology course. The aim of this course is to identify and get rid of bad pronunciation habits students might have experienced during their language studies. In the seminars, the students will be practicing correct pronunciation and learn about the pronunciation system of English.

To pass the course and receive the credits, you are required to 

1.	transcribe and read 10-20 words from the Commonly Mispronounced Words list; the pronunciation of these words must be 100% correct (zero mistakes tolerance), the words will be randomly chosen for you
2.	read a text of B1 level (see the offer of two texts and choose one)
3.	presentation on a chosen topic (in groups)


Syllabus:


•	1. English words commonly mispronounced by Czech speakers of English – identification, correction, practice.
•	2. Identification of the articulators, practicing English short vowels, their pronunciation and transcription.
•	3. English long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs, their pronunciation and transcription.
•	4. English plosives.
•	5. Problematic areas of pronunciation, the list of English problematic words for Czech speakers of English.
•	6. Fricatives and affricates, their pronunciation and transcription, concentrating on problematic dental fricatives.
•	7. Practicing nasals, laterals and approximants, their pronunciation and transcription.
•	8. Syllable identification, weak vowel ‘schwa’, pronunciation and transcription of strong and weak syllables.
•	9. Stress in simple and complex words, practicing differences in word stress in word-class pairs.
•	10. Weak forms in words, phrases and sentences.
•	11. Aspects of connected speech, listening to a speech and a song, singing along, lip-syncing.
•	12. Revision and transcription of commonly mispronounced words, revision of pronunciation and transcription of English vowels and consonants. Dialogues and monologues – practicing intonation in different situations.
•	13. Weak forms, connected speech and intonation.
 
Literature:

1.	HANCOCK, Mark a Sylvie DONNA. English pronunciation in Use: intermediate : self-study and classroom use. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18513-4.
2.	HEWINGS, Martin. English pronunciation in use. Advanced. Audio CDs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780521619585.
3.	O'CONNOR, J. D. Sounds English. Harlow: Longman, [1993]. ISBN 0582014409.
4.	KOLÁŘ, Pavel. A guide to lectures in English phonetics and phonology. Opava: [Slezská univerzita], 2014. ISBN 978-80-7510-063-4.
5.	ROACH, Peter. English phonetics and phonology: a practical course. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-71740-3.
6.	WELLS, J. C. Longman pronunciation dictionary. New. ed. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2000. ISBN 0582364671.



Handouts:

Commonly misporonounced English words.